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The old harbour in Kaleiçi, Antalya
AntalyaThe old harbour in Kaleiçi
Colourful shopfronts in the city centre, Cork
CorkColourful shopfronts in the city centre

Photos: Antalya by Furkan Tumer, Pexels License; Cork by Selim Karadayı, Pexels License.

Antalya or Cork?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Antalya for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Antalya’s own page.

Choose Cork for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Cork’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Antalya 82, Cork 25: Antalya leads by 57 points.
Food & drink. Antalya 57, Cork 58: Cork leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Antalya 55, Cork 40: Antalya leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Antalya 48, Cork 40: Antalya leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antalya 83, Cork 62: Antalya leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Antalya 78, Cork 68: Antalya leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Antalya 74, Cork 50: Antalya leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Antalya 50, Cork 58: Cork leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Antalya 44, Cork 40: Antalya leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Antalya 62, Cork 33: Antalya leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antalya 40, Cork 45: Cork leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antalya 62, Cork 22: Antalya leads by 40 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antalya and Cork.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Antalya
Best match
61match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Cork
45match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Antalya in July

35 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Cork in July

19 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
86 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Cork's station stands 153 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antalya: 1991-2020 normals, Antalya (23.4 km from centre). Cork: 1991-2020 normals, Cork Airport (5.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntalyaCork
Official languageTurkishEnglish, Irish
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+3UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation30 m0 m
Main airportAntalya International Airport (AYT)9 km from centre172 non-stop destinationsCork International Airport (ORK)7 km from centre47 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntalyaCork
City population2,426,356222,333
People per km²1,7125,961
Museums within 10 km55
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 monthsNone

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.